innovation and inspiration
Blog URL http://alanmills405.blogspot.com/
Located Basingstoke, Hampshire United Kingdom
Tags education, innovation, inspiratiion, global education, new tech, basingstoke, south africa, social networking, ed tech
innovation and inspiration
advice and resources, thoughts and inspirations. education, networking and global education. (and that includes Basingstoke!)
Latest Blog Posts
- Report on Education Quangos on Aug 24, 2009
Centre for Policy Studies publishes its report on Education Quangos in the UK.Long document (54 pages), describing roles and waste of TDA, BECTA etc. But really it all comes down to one line - ABOLISH THEM!Some interesting arguments and a lot of savi...
- Manic Monkey's Little Bridge on Aug 4, 2009 in mfl eal education esl education technologies
Little Bridge - interactive software for ESL/EALhttp://www.manic-monkey.com/For anyone teaching English as a second language this is must have software.I have used it in South Africa, with Xhosa and Afrikaans speakers. It worked both for experienced...
- new exciting EAL resource on Jul 9, 2009
BRAND NEW RESOURCE FOR EAL TEACHERS AND LEARNERS including Talking Tutor http://www.emasuk.com/ EMASUK has created a digital vault of resources that supports EAL teachers and learners. The vault contains three areas of support. Chi...
- Little Bridge - interactive software for ESL/EAL on Jun 24, 2009
http://www.manic-monkey.com/For anyone teaching English as a second language this is must have software.I have used it in South Africa, with Xhosa and Afrikaans speakers. It worked both for experienced IT learners and those who were fairly new to lea...
- Twitter and Iran on Jun 20, 2009 in social networking iran iranvote twitter
My thoughts about the way the Iranian protests have become a "fashionable" trend.The problem is we do not know what happened. The young in Tehran who have access to social media do not necessarily reflect the voting population. It is quite possible...
- digital story telling - Inanimate Alice on Jun 19, 2009 in education education technologies media digital stories literacy
or as the educationists call it - multi modal media!There are lots of examples of great little animations or digital stories on the web but for many teachers it is hard work tracking them down.I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the peo...
- MJO Learning and teaching through technology on Jun 2, 2009
Really useful summary of news, technology and things you should know about the UK Education Scene.Latest articlesBill's journey - from victim to protector Home Access SEN 'mired in muddle and discourtesy' 'Kids 10 years behind for media in sch...
